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5,950 Points'touch' command wont work
so in the tutorial, the treehouse teacher use 'touch file1', but when i tried it out on my computer, it says 'touch is not recognized as the name of function, script file ...' .
I am using Windows 8 OS and powershell if that matters.
2 Answers
Sue Dough
35,800 PointsWell windows isn't a good choice for programming/console work. You can install linux or openBSD for free and they are open source. Windows is a backdoor.and the founder Bill Gates works on human depopulation.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsI think using Powershell is the problem.
Try using Git Bash instead of Powershell (you'll need to install it)
Look up "Git Bash" with Google or any other search engine.
You can also hop on over to a Mac and use the Terminal that's pre-installed.
Good luck! ~alex
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsI highly agree with Sue Dough. Window isn't a good choice for programming, especially web design.
I'm using Windows but I installed Ubuntu onto my machine so currently I'm using Ubuntu on an Windows machine :)
You can also buy a Mac if you feel like it.
Sue Dough
35,800 PointsSue Dough
35,800 PointsNice :) Ubuntu is a great choice for your first linux distro. I use to program on windows back in the day and eventually said screw it and moved to Linux. It was probably one of the best decisions I made programming wise. Everything just worked out of the box most of the time vs fiddling etc.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsI know right :)
I used to use a Mac but now I got a Windows for a nice price then got Ubuntu on it. :)